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07-09-2006, 08:56 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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If one has a desire to be a professional event planner, what major would make sense? I know very little about the field, but it seems to straddle the line between business and arts.
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07-09-2006, 09:50 AM
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Buck's county Community College has a major in "travel and event planning." Check them out.
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07-09-2006, 06:10 PM
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Many schools offer majors in "hospitality management" or "hotel and restaurant management". Some of these are major universities such as Michigan State, Cornell, and the University of Illinois (and many many more). Some are specialty schools. And some are "on-line." Do a Google search on those terms and see what you like.
Planning events -- conventions, meetings, shows and the accommodations and hosting of meals, recreation, transportation, etc. -- is demanding of financial and other skills (including human relations and communications generally) and is worthy of special study in a good program.
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07-09-2006, 06:19 PM
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One of my best friends is going to Endicott College in Beverly, MA, and majoring in Hospitality and Business Management, which is exactly the "Event Planning" major you may be looking for. It's obviously a much smaller school, but just thought I'd fill you in.
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07-09-2006, 09:47 PM
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I think this is in the wrong thread.
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07-10-2006, 01:26 PM
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Yup! What eyes you have!
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05-07-2007, 09:46 PM
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#7 | | New Member
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at FIDM their major is visual comminications
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05-08-2007, 11:06 PM
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Communications, perhaps?
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11-19-2008, 05:31 PM
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University of Central Florida has a event planning major
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11-19-2008, 09:35 PM
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uc davis just added a division to their design major, its called exhibition design which develops installation, layout, set up of museums, exhibits, fashion shows, etc, you should look it up
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11-20-2008, 12:21 AM
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11-20-2008, 10:59 PM
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I know someone who teaches event planning at Oregon State University. I don't know if they have a major for it, but it's a awesome school. | |
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01-06-2009, 01:16 PM
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University of Kentucky has an event planning major. I know the horitculture professor there, and his class is required for event planning. So is culinary, and I think photography, but don't mark me on that one....
I'm looking for a 4-year college to transfer to for event planning, as well.
I know that Cal-Poly has an event planning major, also, which is where I'm looking.
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03-07-2010, 07:40 AM
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the major...i think its sometimes
EVENT MANAGEMENT itself
other times its under hospitality
Champlain college, i believe, has Events management
if i remember correctly, its #13 (rank in the US)
im also interested in Events management =)
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03-07-2010, 07:46 AM
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If it is the more physical/visual side of event planning you are interested in there is an Exhibition Design/Visual Presentation major at FIT in NYC. One of the areas they focus on is event planning. http://www.fitnyc.edu/2847.asp | |
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